Croatocordulia platyptera Charpentier 1843 (green-eyed skimmer)

Insecta - Odonata - Corduliidae

Alternative combinations: Cordulia platyptera, Libellula platyptera

Full reference: T. Charpentier. 1843. Über einige fossile Insecten aus Radoboj in Croatien. Novorum Actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 20:399-410

Belongs to Croatocordulia according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1994

See also Charpentier 1843, Hagen 1848, Hagen 1850, Heer 1849, Kiauta 1969 and Kirby 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Radoboj (Grätz Collection), which is in a Sarmatian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in Croatia

Ecology: fast-moving volant carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Radoboj (Grätz Collection)

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